alexscottislegend

The Record this morning says he IS now a doubt! Or are they just trying to make headlines?

Well said, that man! Not quite as good as 'The Madness and Genius of Crowds' but inspiring nonetheless.

Sorry - how do you move to the right thread?

Anyone seen the special new strip for the Final? Is it me or is the strip, modelled by Mark Hateley, almost sky blue? What is it with this Light Blue nonsense? Our colours are ROYAL BLUE! I even have an old LP with John McDonald singing a song called 'Royal Blue'! If it gets any paler we'll be Coventry city or Manchester City! (Or is it not now politically correct to say royal blue?)

Got mixed feelings about Fulham. This means they might want to hang on to Davis as well as take Cousin.

He's a Baptist minister I believe.

Is this Peter Martin the same one who now writes a column for the Evening Tims? If so he is a tosser of the highest order and a disgrace to the memory of a fine and balanced journalist, Alan Davidson.

Great piece of writing. Reminded me of McIllvanney at his best.Compare that to the idiot who who writes a column for the Evening Tims - Peter Martin I think his name is. He's predicting a 2-0 win to Zenit and has predicted Gers to lose every time.

Everyone is forgetting that we can afford ONE defeat. Motherwell were the better side up until they conceded a slack equaliser.

Let's not forget the dosh we get for qualifying for CL. AND the fact as winners we go into group stages. I couldn't stand another nerve-wracking qualifying round.

Got my victory speech already prepared: Aristotle Onassis, Archimedes,Gottlieb Daimler,Albert Einstein,Vasco Da Gama, Jorge Cadete, Leonardo da Vinci,Silvio Berlusconi, Leo Tolstoy, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.......... YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING!

Can you explain that for me please? I thought our coefficient meant that we would get an automatic place anyway - ?

Seem to be 8 - Weir, Davis, Beasley, McCulloch, Adam,McGregor,Burke, Naismith. Weir would be biggest loss. We went to pieces when he went off on Sunday. Evening Times made Dailly man of the match! To my mind he was at fault for first 2 goals. Don't know what team will be but I think we need Buffel in there somewhere; he's bound to be fresh.

Why? He seems to have something to prove when he comes on. When he starts - as with last night - he seems unsure of himself. Runs about a lot without achieving much. Maybe he's a bit like Solksjkaer at Manure - Fergie always said he studied the game before coming on and that made him the perfect sub. ?

What memories you guys have! Ally McLeod - who Souness said, thought "tactics was a peppermint" - made us into a laughing stock; the Iran draw was just about the lowest I've ever felt. With the players we had then we should have done an awful lot better. Craig Brown had, on the whole, a much less talented group to work with.

This seems a waste. He is in danger of becoming our Riordan, i.e. signed just to stop other clubs taking him. I thought he looked good in a pre-season friendly v La Galaxy and he was an SPL regular. If he doesn't get a chance now, then I fear he has no future. So what would have the point in signing him?

Every time I hear people talk about Boyd I am reminded of what the great Gerd Muller (you youngsters may not have heard of him) said when he was accused of "only" scoring goals; he said, "Nobody ever ONLY scores goals!"

I'm getting a little tired of some bears seeming to accept our position as a selling club. Where do we get a keeper half as good as Mc? Where do we get a defender half as good as Carlos? Oh, but we're awash with cash? So that's all right then? I can just now accept the Hutton money, but - WE DON'T NEED TO SELL. We are NOT a nursery club for anybody, ANYBODY! Except maybe we could sell Carlos to Barca or Man U. We need to keep our best players together, plus SIGN up Davis (sod off Blackburn) and by two QUALITY players in summer (creative midfielder and Striker) so we can compete in the CL and earn some real money.

We don't NEED the money at the moment. If we were daft enough to take it, first thing we'd have to do is replace him. Who with, exactly? And what would he cost? Granted, everyone has his price, but if we are now a selling club, how can we ever hope to compete in Europe again?

Much as we don't need Miller, I can't agree that he's worse than Sebo. He does good job for Scotland, but his scoring record for the Tims was woeful! There MUST be other strikers we can go for - Klasnic for one.

Agree with most of those, though Davis should be "sign" in block capitals. Re Cousin, I think he's not really commited. Would take �£3m and replace him a younger, hungrier striker. Klasnic has been mooted. And we need a replacement for Darch. I'd think about Nugent at Portsmouth: may be expensive but would have sell-on value.After all was in England squad not toolong ago.

Unfortunately , yes you still have to! Can you give a short resume of offending item?

Beattie - think you misunderstand "optimised" for "epitomised" but I take your point - it's time he turned that potential into "actual." To think his dad negotiated a lucrative contract for him last season! Maybe we could flog him to McLeish at Brum. We would certainly need a wide player to replace him though. Thinking about money and value, I suggest Kris Commons at Notts. Forest.

Why do we keep getting drawn at home? Pana - home Werder - home first leg Sporting - home " Fiorentina/psv - home Under the law of averages we should have had at least one first game away!

Yep, but sometimes players have to be dropped for their own good. Even Rooney is left out occasionally by Fergie. Do we really need Barry for games ve St Mirren or Killie? (no disrespect)